ON FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND, JOIN NAFSHENU IN HONORING OUR DADS ... with some classic Jewish nosh thrown in

Rabbi David is sponsoring a special bagels-lox-smoked fish brunch/lunch this SATURDAY in memory of his late father Bernie, whose birthday happens to fall on erev Fathers Day (June 14).

Services start at 9:30am, with kiddush and brunch/lunch at 11:30am. All at Prince of Peace.

 Why a fish tail? As David tells it: "My dad grew up in South Philly, one of four kids of an immigrant shopkeeper and his disabled wife. When the family got a smoked  whitefish, each member had their particular part of the fish, Dad's was the tail. And, boy, was he good at picking the bones clean!" 

Thursday's Bible study (7pm on Zoom) looks at the exasperation that Moses, the "father of the nation," experienced when the people didn't like what God put on the table for them. The weekly Torah portion, B'ha'alot-cha (Numbers 8:1-12:16), tells of the Israelites' complaints about having to live on manna. "Why can't we have meat like we did in Egypt?" they gripe. 

Moses has had enough of their complaining. "Please, God, kill me now, so I don't have to put up with them anymore," Moses says. Instead, God gives the Israelites so much meat that it makes them sick.

We'll look at this passage Thursday evening and read from it on Saturday morning before we get down to some serious eating. 

(from Rabbi David: "I hope to see you there!")

Torah study Zoom link: bit.ly/NafTorah